ThinkSystem ST550 (7X09, Xeon SP Gen 2)

ThinkSystem ST550 (7X09, Xeon SP Gen 2)
Network Server
Cisco Systems, Inc.

17 May 2019
148059

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64
	Arch: 64	Mode: Paravirtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SUSE SLES 12	Arch: 64	Mode: Paravirtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SUSE SLES 12	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
Windows Server 2019
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
For more information about this system, please visit wwww.lenovo.com.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Tower
Mother Board Revision:	Rev. 1.2
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: O0E136T - v2.10 (03/21/2019)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Platinum 8253 Processor 2.20 GHz
RAM:	Host: 192 GB, multiple VM's: 32 GB each, single max VM: 172 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	8 USB Ports 2 PCI Express X8 4 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel C624 Chipset , Serial ATA (SATA) Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 930-8i 2GB Flash PCIe 12GB Adapter , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Lenovo ThinkSystem 3.5-inch 1TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS) Lenovo ThinkSystem with Mirroring Enablement Kit - 32 GB M.2 drive , Serial ATA (SATA)
CD/DVD:	Philips and Lite-On Digital Storage Corporation DVD-RW DH16AFSH , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.3.0-6.1

Config Notes

This is a SAN boot only system.
Install: The SLES install was performed using a virtual DVD device.
The driver "htc-hfcldd" used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver was installed from the driver update disk(DUD) "dud-htc-hfcldd-4.12.18.3146.iso" and the driver package htc-hfcldd-kmp-default-4.12.18.3146_3.12.28_4-1.sles12.x86_64.rpm. To obtain DUD and the driver package, access to http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12346613.html. DUD can be used to install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server(SLES) to the SAN storage, and driver package can be installed after the SLES installation.
The driver "ixgbevf" used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver ixgbevf use Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express Family of Server Adapters and the driver package name is "intel-ixgbevf-2.16.4-2.1.x86_64.rpm" and "intel-ixgbevf-kmp-default-2.16.4_k3.12.28_4-2.1.x86_64.rpm". This driver package can be downloaded and installed after the SLES12 install. To obtain the driver go to: http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12346835.html
The maximum CPU cores or threads when hyper threading is enabled which can be allocated from LPAR is 240.

Referenced Bulletins
144740

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 31-May-2018	Driver Size: 105288
	Checksum: 1eae76e8c5bf871e23a8cf646aaf1ed6

Intel Integrated Ethernet Connection X722 (Dual-Port) for 1GbE
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: i40evf.ko
	Driver Date: 31-May-2018	Driver Size: 209528
	Checksum: f594350eaf4db42d480f5f19bfa6f7e8
	Driver Version: 3.0.0-k

	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: i40e.ko
	Driver Date: 31-May-2018	Driver Size: 672856
	Checksum: ed0ba4d00cc73bffeeda57b9f3ec8b73
	Driver Version: 2.1.14-k

Intel C624 Chipset
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 31-May-2018	Driver Size: 79168
	Checksum: 4f7c7f0d69f4ac743ca67d4e22b5c8ef
	Driver Version: 3.0

Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 930-8i 2GB Flash PCIe 12GB Adapter
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 31-May-2018	Driver Size: 288872
	Checksum: 05a11c19ea5020998382f29c3ae31971
	Driver Version: 07.704.04.00-rc1

The term SUSE YES Certified applies only to the exact configuration documented in this bulletin. For more information on hardware exchange policies, please access the following document and view the Hardware Component Exchange Guide.

https://www.suse.com/product-certification/yes-certified/certification-requirements/

For more information regarding the specific test configuration, please contact:

Cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Dr.
San Jose , CA 95134
Voice: (408) 526-4000
Toll Free: (800) 553-NETS or (800) 553-6387
Website: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/servers-unified-computing/unified-computing-system/products-technical-reference-list.html

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ThinkSystem ST550 (7X09, Xeon SP Gen 2) - Yes Bulletin 148059 | SUSE